Aeroflot Flight 1691

March 17 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

1. 1979Aeroflot Flight 1691
2. 1988Eritrean War of Independence
3. 1988Colombia
4. 19921992 South African apartheid referendum
5. 19921992 Buenos Aires Israeli embassy bombing
6. 2000Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God
7. 2000Uganda
8. 2003Leader of the House of Commons
9. 20042004 unrest in Kosovo
10. 2011Libyan civil war (2011)
11. 2016Rojava Revolution

Also in 1979

• March 14Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people.
• September 13Venda (Bantustan)South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
• September 14Nur Muhammad TarakiAfghan president Nur Muhammad Taraki (pictured) was overthrown and later killed on the orders of Hafizullah Amin, who succeeded him.
• September 16East Germany balloon escapeEight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.
• September 16The Sugarhill GangThe Sugarhill Gang released their first single, Rapper's Delight.
• May 25Disappearance of Etan PatzSix-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on his way to school in New York City, and later became one of the first missing children to have his…
• May 25O'Hare International AirportDuring takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, an engine detached from American Airlines Flight 191, causing a crash that k…
• May 25John SpenkelinkJohn Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroductio…

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